Commack High School Junior College Planning Night
THE COLLEGE ADMISSIONS PROCESS It's Not Complicated
Step One Define Your Good College
What s Important to You? ACADEMICS Majors and Programs Level of Challenge Style of Instruction CAMPUS & COMMUNITY Location, Setting, and Size Facilities and Campus Life Who You ll Hang Out With SELECTIVITY Admitted Student Profile Acceptance Rates RESULTS Retention & Graduation Rates Career Advising Job &/or Grad School Placement
Step Two Research
INTERNET Naviance Family Connection https://connection.naviance.com/familyconnection/auth/login Identify college preferences Search for colleges Develop prospective college list Compare colleges Compare your qualifications to recent CHS application results View list of colleges visiting CHS CollegeData www.collegedata.com Comprehensive college profiles Admissions statistics Factors considered in admissions review Money matters (Including Net Price Calculators) Campus and community life Student demographics Contact Counseling Center for new account registration or help logging in to existing account.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES CHS COUNSELING CENTER Counselor College Information Sessions Junior Planning Conferences College Days College Fair College Planning Workshops for Juniors Senior Class Meetings Senior College Planning Night College Application Help Desk for Seniors
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY ADMISSIONS OFFICES Campus Visits, Information Sessions, and Open House Programs Website, Publications, Blogs and Social Media Interviews (if available) Regional Information Sessions and College Fairs Virtual Tours OTHER College alumni Current college students Guidebooks
Step Three PREPARE
GET READY TO APPLY Choose Challenging Senior Year Courses Visit Colleges Decide Where to Apply Review Application Requirements and Procedures Take SAT and/or ACT and SAT Subject Tests (If required) Attend CHS College Planning Workshops for Juniors Begin Working on Essay Set Up Timeline to Meet Application and Counseling Center Deadlines
Step Four APPLY
THE COMMON APPLICATION www.commonapp.org Standardized application for 500+ colleges oall members: http://www.commonapp.org/search-colleges Online Tutorial Common App Ready http://www.commonapp.org/ready oaccounts can be created any time and rolled over after August 1 st of senior year.
NON-COMMON APPLICATION SCHOOLS STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK (SUNY) http://www.suny.edu/student/app_suny.cfm Most SUNY Community Colleges except: Nassau Community College http://www.ncc.edu/admissions/apply/default.s html Suffolk Community College http://www.sunysuffolk.edu/prospects/692.asp Rockland Community College https://www.applyweb.com/apply/rockcc/ Westchester Community College http://www.sunywcc.edu/admissions/admissions -application/ CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK (CUNY) http://www.cuny.edu/admissions/apply.html Baruch College Brooklyn College City College of New York Hunter College John Jay College of Criminal Justice Lehman College Macaulay Honors College Medgar Evers College Queens College Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education College of Staten Island York College CUNY Community Colleges ALL OTHER COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES Consult college website
Step Five After Applying
WHO DOES WHAT? STUDENT Submit Student Autobiography, Parent Feedback, and Activity Resume to Counseling Center Request 2 CHS Teacher Recommendations Submit Processing Request and Application Receipt to Counseling Center RESPECT DEADLINES Send SAT/ACT Scores to Colleges Send Required or Optional Supplemental Information to Colleges Mid-Year or Current Grade Report Request to Counseling Center (If Required) COUNSELING CENTER Upon Receipt of Application Processing Request Form, Sends: Official Transcript School Report (SSR) CHS Profile Counselor Recommendation CHS Teacher Recommendations Current or Mid-Year Grade Report (Upon Request) Final Transcript to College Student Reports They Will Attend on Senior Survey
Parent Involvement in the Process Timothy Brunold, Dean of Admission University of Southern California http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjkyafqhwwu&sns=em
KEEP CALM TAKE THINGS STEP-BY-STEP IT S NOT COMPLICATED!